Application Support Analyst (New York)
A leading hedge fund globally is seeking an Application Support Analyst to join their team in the New York office. This position will hold responsibility for providing 1st and 2nd line support for their front and middle office applications, particularly on their trading applications.
Technical skills will include Python and SQL, as well as many other technologies, and so will require proficiency in these areas with opportunity to further develop these skills and option to move into different areas of the business in time.
You will be:
- Part of the first line of defence and will respond to L1/L2 issues
- Escalate issues to L3, and be able to analyse any issues
- Be familiar with the financial products used at the Hedge Fund
- Use scripting skills in Python to automate manual processes
- Build procedural run books used across the team
- Build and improve monitoring dashboards using Grafana
- Manage various applications with the aim of improving stability and performance over time
- On call duties covering L2 support
- Release management working closely with the Dev team
You will have:
- Commercial experience working within Application Support, ideally within a Front Office environment.
- Financial Services experiences required, ideally within a Hedge Fund but can be open to other organisations.
- Knowledge of Fixed Income products which can cover bonds, swaps, IR futures, repos, swaptions, bond futures, etc.
- Minimum of a basic proficiency in Python
- Knowledge of Linux, Bash, PowerShell, Git, Grafana, Prometheus is highly desirable.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and remain calm under pressure.
- Strong communication skills.
This is a permanent position based in New York, with a hybrid work setup of 4 days per week in the office.